* Out of all unevolved Pokémon, Trapinch can learn the most moves by leveling up which its evolutions cannot, excluding Pokémon who evolve from stones such as {{p|Raichu}} and {{p|Arcanine}}.
* Out of all unevolved Pokémon, Trapinch can learn the most moves by leveling up which its evolutions cannot, excluding Pokémon who evolve from stones such as {{p|Raichu}} and {{p|Arcanine}}.
* Along with {{p|Dratini}}, {{p|Larvitar}}, and {{p|Remoraid}}, Trapinch is one of the very few basic-stage Pokémon to learn {{m|Hyper Beam}} by level up. Out of the four, this is the only one that cannot be found in the [[Johto]] region (excluding the Johto Safari Zone).
* Along with {{p|Dratini}}, {{p|Larvitar}}, and {{p|Remoraid}}, Trapinch is one of the very few basic-stage Pokémon to learn {{m|Hyper Beam}} by level up. Out of the four, this is the only one that cannot be found in the [[Johto]] region (excluding the Johto Safari Zone).
*Despite that Trapinch has no wings, it is able to know Gust via breeding. This is probably because it next evolution has wings.
*Despite that Trapinch has no wings, it is able to know Gust via breeding. This is because its next evolution has wings.
Trapinch is an orange, bug-like Pokémon with a large jaw. Trapinch has a roundish body with a white underside and short, stump-like legs. Trapinch has a big head in proportion to the rest of its body. Despite resembling an insect, Trapinch is actually a Template:Type2.
Gender differences
None.
Special abilities
Trapinch's main weapon is its jaws, which can crush boulders. Trapinch are also known for their digging skills. Trapinch is one of the few non-legendary unevolved Pokémon that can learn Hyper Beam and Giga Impact. Trapinch can also go a whole week without access to any water.
Behavior
Trapinch are patient Pokémon; despite this, they are avid hunters. After building pits in sand, they patiently await for their prey to fall. Because Trapinch's head is so big, it finds getting upright if tipped onto its back difficult.
Trapinch live in sandy deserts. Trapinch's nest is a deep, inescapable pit dug in the sand. Trapinch have also been known to burrow complex tunnels deep underground.
Trapinch made its debut in Beg, Burrow and Steal. The Trapinch of an area had dug a complex underground labyrinth. One reseacher named Hal wanted to find a lake that he claimed to see when he was a little boy. When Ash, May, Brock, Max, Hal, another researcher named Elisa and Team Rocket got lost in the labyrinth, they eventually found the underground lake Hal was talking about.
Trapinch's nest is a sloped, bowl-like pit dug in sand. This Pokémon patiently waits for prey to tumble down the pit. Its giant jaws have enough strength to crush even boulders.
Trapinch is a patient hunter. It digs an inescapable pit in a desert and waits for its prey to come tumbling down. This Pokémon can go a whole week without access to any water.
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Trapinch has a higher base Attack stat than its evolved form Vibrava. It also has the same base Attack stat as Vibrava's evolution, Flygon.
Trapinch evolves at level 35, later than any Pokémon involved in a three-stage evolution by level only. Rhyhorn evolves the latest at level 42, into Rhydon, but Rhydon evolves into Rhyperior via trade, not level.
Despite being based on an insect, and being in the Bug egg group, Trapinch is a Ground-type Pokémon, and doesn't have Bug as a type. Except for Fury Cutter (and Bug Bite in Platinum), it cannot even learn or inherit any Bug-type moves.
Out of all unevolved Pokémon, Trapinch can learn the most moves by leveling up which its evolutions cannot, excluding Pokémon who evolve from stones such as Raichu and Arcanine.
Along with Dratini, Larvitar, and Remoraid, Trapinch is one of the very few basic-stage Pokémon to learn Hyper Beam by level up. Out of the four, this is the only one that cannot be found in the Johto region (excluding the Johto Safari Zone).
Despite that Trapinch has no wings, it is able to know Gust via breeding. This is because its next evolution has wings.
Origin
It is based on the larval stage of the antlion, who spend their days in sandy pits before maturing into a winged, adult stage.
Name origin
Trapinch's name is a combination of trap and pinch.
Nuckrar may be a contraction of nutcracker, a reference to Trapinch's nutcracker-like jaws.
In other languages
German: Knacklion - A combination of Knack (snap) and the English antlion.
French: Kraknoix - A corruption of craque-noix (nut-cracker).
This Pokémon article is part of Project Pokédex, a Bulbapedia project that aims to write comprehensive articles on each Pokémon species, as well as Pokémon groups and forms.
Soft Sand (5%)
For other sprites and images, please see Trapinch images on Bulbagarden Archives.
